Harness



(No Model.)

A J.-J. GRIFFIN.

HARNESS. l No. 497,541. 'Patented May 16, 1893.

UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN .I. GRIFFIN, OF- IRWIN, IOWA.

HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 497,541, dated May 16,1893.

Application tiled April 28, 1892. Serial No. l30,959. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. GRIFFIN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Irwin, in the county of Shelby and State of Iowa,have invented a newand useful Improvernent in Harness, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to the manner of connecting hip straps and tracecarriers with the back strap of a harness and consists in thearrangement and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth, pointedout in the claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which-Figure 1 is a perspective View of a metal frame or coupling deviceadapted for detachably and adjustably connecting a back strap, acrupper, twohip straps and two trace carriers therewith. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of a trace carrier adapted to be adj ustablyand detachably connected with a hip strap and also adapted to bedetachably connected direct with the metal coupling device. Fig. 3 is atop view showing all the parts combined as required for practical use.

Referring to .the accompanying drawings the reference letter A is usedto designate the back strap and A2 the crupper strap.

B represents the metal coupling device preferably cast complete in asingle piece. It is flat and approximately octagonal in V*outsideconfiguration and provided with elongated slots B2 at its front, rearand side extremities.

B3 are loops extending upwardly from the top of the device'and adaptedto admit the back and crupperstrapsto be extended therethrough.

B4 isla tongue projecting upward and located concentrically in the topof the device and adapted to enter any one of the series of perforationsO in the straps A and A2. y It is also advantageous for the removal ofthe crupper whenever desired.

D is a-trace carrier, in the form of a snap hook and coupling device,the under surface of which is adapted to admit a hip strap to be adjustably connected therewith by means of a tongue D2 and cross bar D3formed on or fixed thereto.

, N represents a single back strap that has a` perforation in itscenter. When used it is preferably passed through the loops B2 of thecoupling B and secured thereto by allowing the tongue B4 to enter thesaid perforation i'n its center. It will be at right angles to the backstrap A and crupper strap A2 and may be under or on top of these strapsand the trace carriers may be detachably and adjustably connected withthe back strap, las indicated in Fig. 2, so that a ring H or a cockeye Jon the end of a trace may be detachably connected with the trace carrieras required to support the trace.

It is obvious that the trace carriers can be readily adjusted on the hipstrap as required to raise and lower their positions relative to ahorseas required to place them within reach of persons of different heights.It is also obvious that the hip strap can be dispensed with in harnessfor plowing and the trace carrier D connected direct with the vcouplingB by inserting the hooks F of the trace carrier in the loops B2 of thecoupling B; or the hip strap ing upward, a back strap and crupper, a hipstrap, and a trace carrier D havingloops D3 on its under side to admit ahip strap and a tongue D2 to engage the hip strap, and a hook F at itsend to engage a loop B2 of the coupling B, as and for the purposesstated.

JOHN J. GRIFFIN.

Witnesses:

ED. QUINN,

M. J. GRIFFIN.

